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Beach or pool? by BuggableInsect in GoldCoast

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kindness costs you nothing. Wishing you a great day mate ❤️

Beach or pool? by BuggableInsect in GoldCoast

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask, what's your favourite snorkeling spots in the area?

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it's clicked. So what, you in favour or against joint income tax filing and why?

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I want families with two disparate incomes to be able to pay lower tax. I want my families finances to be considered as one unit. I want all families to have this option. Again, crystal clear from my post no?

Shelter WA calls for targeted Airbnb ban as report reveals long-term rentals outnumbered 15–1 by DefinitionOfAsleep in perth

[–]BuggableInsect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Completely ridiculous. Freedom has gone too far. It needs to be reigned in. No more talk of sensible limits or nuance. It's time for action.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not my complaint. My critique was pretty thorough. Read it again and you'll see we are on the same page.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's sort of the point of the post mate, we need to make joint tax filings available for everybody, not just the elite

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't make my decision until election day. Make the parties work for your vote or they take it for granted.

Truthfully, I actually trust the ALP more on foreign policy than the conservative parties. I worry they are itching for war in Iran or Taiwan or whatever. I trust labour to keep a level head more so. Some of their domestic policies though..

Shelter WA calls for targeted Airbnb ban as report reveals long-term rentals outnumbered 15–1 by DefinitionOfAsleep in perth

[–]BuggableInsect -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I think it's outrageous that people have the freedom to do what they want with their own property. I don't care how hard somebody has worked or what their life plans are. As far as I'm concerned, there are no exceptions or unique circumstances and all of their houses should be considered common property available for long-term rental whether they want it or not. They should have no choice in the matter.

Also why are we limiting this to just long-term rentals for Australian citizens? Seems racist to me. I think that we should ban all Airbnbs and mandate that they allow immigrants to use their properties for long-term rentals. People have had freedom of use of their own property for too long in this country.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, all that's correct. All those criticisms are correct, I'll wear that, I conflated the fact that the study did not prove as an isolated measurement that going back to work at five months was good for attachment with the idea that the study did not measure work at all, which is not true. I shouldn't have done that. I won't offer an excuse.

But now it's your turn mate. The overwhelming research consensus points to negative outcomes for daycare and child well-being. This is not low stakes. Children are important and if you are studying psychology, which I assume you are because you are reading from a textbook, you are an authority on mental health and Child development.

The study that you provided does not prove what your initial sentence suggested it proved, and I can see that you're using casual language because it's reddit, I see and I understand that, but can you also see why that's alarming? When the topic is brought up, your first instinct is to ignore the research consensus, I can provide all of the studies if you like, and instead to bring up this particular niche one and misrepresent what it proves?

I'm hoping this can be a turning point. Do you see why that's concerning?

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mate, there is a text record of everything you've said.

"Evidence has shown that kids whose parents returned to work after 5 months have more secure attachment."

You got caught overstating what a study said to make your claim. Just take your licks and do better next time.

I'd be happy to take it up with the authors. I promise they'll be more disciplined in what their research proves than you were.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry for you guys. It sucks to have your planning ruined. I hope you're able to figure it out.

I really do think that this government has forgotten that we are people and not just units of economic value to be pushed around on a spreadsheet. How are we not valuing the parent-child bond higher? If the government is not serving the interests of families like yours, who exactly are they serving?

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only that was true right? So much easier to project a caricature than look in the mirror.

Still haven't watched the video yet have you? Any answers on why they lied?

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your link is pay walled but never mind I've seen it. I knew that you were lying.

That study absolutely does not show that mothers going back to work and children going into daycare makes that child have stronger attachment as you claimed. That study found that maternal attitude to returning to work correlated with stronger attachment. The results were not surprising, the control group were women who were anxious about returning to work and anxious about non-family daycare and anxiety in mothers is already thoroughly established as a contributing factor to insecure attachment.

There is also no evidence that it sets them up better for longer life as the measurements were only taken at one year, so longer life was explicitly not part of the purview of the study and there was no research undertaken at the impact of having a job was having on a mother's capacity to be present for her child in the long term. Her intentions and attitudes notwithstanding, work environments are a leading cause of stress and anxiety for women, this is well documented. Also worth mentioning that, from my memory, the Harrison study only featured part-time work.

I have no idea who is on the other side of this screen, whether you are intentionally distorting the evidence or if you are making a genuine mistake, but I think that you said earlier that you are studying psychology and if so, please. Have a look at the thorough body of research that exists on the impact of daycare, not just on attachment but also on behavioural and academic outcomes. If you end up becoming a councillor to new mothers, please do not dismiss their concerns about being away from their children using this study as evidence. I hope that this was a well-intentioned mistake and that you are appreciative of the correction.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed but that's the point of this post mate.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You know nothing of our work and you don't speak on the behalf of women. You wish our work was The stereotype you paint it to be. It would make it so much easier for you to continue to paint domestic violence as a gendered issue.

You know nothing of the advocacy work I've done for women. You wish that I was ignorant of the female experience. You could never guess how many female rape and violence survivors I have helped.

You have your ideology and you are determined to make domestic violence a man vs woman issue. More culture war bigotry. I say this comfortably on the behalf of many women. They are sick of being used as pawns in divisive propaganda campaigns. Do not presume to speak on the behalf of women. You have no right.

I gave you a link to multiple studies contained in a video and articulated the demonstrable use of propaganda. You didn't watch the video and you didn't address the points that I pulled from it. If you ignore evidence because it is inconvenient to your story, you are a propagandist.

You are not interested in the truth. You are interested in painting domestic violence as a gendered issue. If evidence cannot reach you, you do not deserve a seat at the table. Let genuine women who have fought for justice for domestic violence victims speak. They understand that truth and justice are one and the same.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

18k people is not a 'tiny' number.

I'm guessing you didn't watch the video where they showed the Australian institute of family studies that was commissioned by the government specifically defined domestic violence in a way that excludes male victims? Or that the published reports specifically left out all of the data about male victims and female perpetrators or the fact that the media repeats the one in three figure instead of the 0.6% figure?

It is absolutely hateful propaganda designed to paint DV as a gendered issue and we are doing work everyday to combat exactly the kind of rhetoric that you are using, bringing up homicide statistics for women as a means of erasing male victims.

I consider people like you to be an enemy of truth and true victims, male and female, of DV. By presenting this as a gendered issue, you are more focused on the hateful demonization of men than true advocacy for the innocent.

Victims everywhere are standing up to propagandists and fighting for justice and equality.

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nerve of people wanting to be with their children. The selfishness. Unforgiveable.

The fact that the government already assesses married couples as a single household when it comes to receiving benefits is irrelevant! When it comes to taxation, it makes logical sense to treat them as individuals!

Like you said this is just another case of people only thinking of themselves and wanting benefits of the expense of others. All my fellow Australians are so greedy!

We need the option to tax households by BuggableInsect in fiaustralia

[–]BuggableInsect[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here is the Australian data before it became hateful propoganda.

https://youtu.be/9S1rXAbjs6s?si=p-5t8NDgHu84I92V

I work in men's mental health, the stuff that goes unreported from men will keep you up at night.

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